I don't see any consistent trend toward improvement at all. |
I talked to several people smiling when they came out of rate negotiations. |
I think the new rules raise the bars, but we're not sure how high. Their focus has been on making the final rules even less definite than the proposal they came out with last October. We only know what the rules mean when a case comes along and they go through it and analyze it. |
The longer this goes on, the worse it's going to be for shippers. They're still getting in holiday cargoes and freight. The longer they delay, the worse it's going to be to dig out from the mess. |